Pathfinder for Historic Crimes Assignment

William Thompson

 

Newspapers Print Indices

New York Times Print and Name Index decoded
Located in the low shelves behind the reference desk
Times (of London) Index decoded
Located in the low shelves behind the reference desk

 

 

 
Historic Chicago Tribune
dillinger search

 

Print Guides to Journal Literature

Poole's Index decoded
Poole's is the forerunner to the Readers' Guide. Its indexing reaches back to 1802.
Reader's Guide decoded

Reference Works

Criminology in it's various aspects is located in the reference stacks between HV 6017 and HV 9950
 

Crime Encyclopedias

Crimes and Punishment HV 6017.C76 1994

Encyclopedia of World Crime HV 6017.E54 1989

Encyclopedia of Women and Crime HV6046.E56 2000

Murder Cases HV6245.F74 1996

Databases

These databases may supplement your archival research.

JSTOR   How to Search
Provides access to historical scholarly journal literature
Criminal Justice Periodicals Index
Criminal Justice Abstracts
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
Library Catalog

Statistics

Historic US Census

Valuable resource for gaining understanding of the material and social forces that shaped a specific period. 

Crime Statistics 

Generally

Bibliography

Gangs: A Bibliography, produced by Anthony Anderson of the University of Southern California

Serial Murder a bibliography of web and print resources from Michigan State University